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planter is frequently at a loss to know which 

 to select. It is easy for us to enumerate those 

 which usually give the best satisfaction in our 

 soil and climate, but this information might be 

 no criterion for people in other localities. 



Under the head of Early Varieties, in Part 

 First of this work, we stated that we valued 

 Fottler's Early Dmmhead above every other 

 variety for a general-purpose cabbage. We 

 will also place it at the head of our list o late 

 varieties ; for, although called early, if planted 

 late say from 25th of June to loth of July in 

 this latitude we have yet to see its equal for 

 fall and winter use. It has a large, hard, flat, 

 and beautifully shaped head, which is always 

 formed on a short stem. It is very reliable for 

 heading, and has probably grown more rapidly 

 in public favor during the past few years, in this 

 vicinity at least, than any other variety. In 

 order to ascertain what it would do in other 

 localities, we made an offer last fall to send a 

 sample package of the seeds free to any cab- 

 bage-grower who would give it a trial and re- 

 port results. The offer was published in sev- 

 eral popular agricultural journals, and in re- 

 sponse we received nearly five hundred appli- 

 cations. Nearly every State and Territory in 



